by Brian Kennedy | Mar 3, 2018 | Chicago Blackhawks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
The LA Kings flat blew it on Saturday afternoon with Chicago in town. Not only did they lose to a statistically weaker opponent, they did in in dramatic fashion. After period two, in which Los Angeles poured in three goals, two on egregious turnovers by Chicago, it...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 25, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
It was a sad night in SoCal Saturday. Sad, and a little bit pathetic. The two NHL teams, like Casey at the bat, struck out. For no good reason, because each of them was playing a team either below them or significantly below them in the standings. And both lost and...
by Brian Kennedy | Feb 8, 2018 | Edmonton Oilers, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
It looked to be a boring game with few shots and an easy win for the home team in Los Angeles Wednesday night. The Kings opened a lead with just over a minute gone. Here’s the situation: right off a faceoff, the puck went from center to Kyle Clifford. He zipped a...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 20, 2018 | Anaheim Ducks, Homepage, Los Angeles Kings
For all the hype, none of the pertinent questions about the Kings and Ducks were easily answered Friday night. And especially not the one Kings fans wanted answered: Where’s the offense? Invisible, in the form of many of the key players. In fact, before the first...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 19, 2018 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins
The LA Kings played decent hockey for periods of Thursday’s game versus the Pittsburgh Penguins. But with talent like that on the other side of the ice, that’s not good enough. LA ended up on the short end of a 3-1 score, losing for the fifth time in a row. They...
by Brian Kennedy | Jan 15, 2018 | Homepage, Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks
Sunny Monday in January, probably in the 70s. Why not play NHL hockey? That’s what the Kings and Sharks were saying by the very act of dropping the puck at 1pm on January 15th. I took the train—no point in getting into late afternoon Los Angeles traffic on the way...